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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    The President took the chair at 2.30 p.m. The Bonus Bill. Senator Millen (N.S.W.) asked the Minister of Defence whether, in view of the ...

    Article : 2,482 words
  3. WRECKED IN MID-AIR.

    Eleven people were killed and at least fifty injured in a curious accident on the Ninth-avenue branch of the Elevated Railway at 7 o'clock this morning (says a New ...

    Article : 881 words
  4. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    The Premier laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly to-night a minute which he had received from the Attorney-General (Mr. Wade) on the subject of the ...

    Article : 1,017 words
  5. VICTORIA.

    A report from the Mines Department sets down the value of the silver, copper, tin, and coal exported from the State during the first nine months of the year at ...

    Article : 1,293 words
  6. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    In the South Australian House of Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Vaughan asked the Commissioner of Public Works —"1. Has the attention of the ...

    Article : 475 words
  7. AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

    The Portsmouth peace conference is a closed incident, the envoys (all but poor Baron Komura, yiho is critically ill with enteric fever, or something worse) have ...

    Article : 2,833 words
  8. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    The German-Australian line steamer Meissen, from South Africa, in ballast, which signalled Cape Borda at 7 a.m. Monday, and received orders from her agents, ...

    Article : 1,473 words
  9. THE PARTITION OF BENGAL.

    In accordance with a proclamation issued by the Imperial Government last month, the partition of Bengal was quietly effected yesterday. A new province, known as ...

    Article : 266 words
  10. ROUMANIAN JEWS.

    In deference to several petitions recently presented to King Charles of Roumania, his Majesty has promised to sanction the introduction of legislation for the ...

    Article : 45 words
  11. A BIG ROBBERY.

    A sensation has been caused by the announcement that an ex-German naval officer named Kretzchman, whilst travelling by tram from Berlin to Paris yesterday, ...

    Article : 51 words
  12. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    An important step has been taken by the Imperial Government, as a result of the present serious lack of candidates for the post of subalterns in the cavalry-regiments. The ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The High Court to-day refused special leave to appeal in the case in which J. L. Nanson, ex-member for Greenough, obtained £175 damages, with costs, against ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. NEW ZEALAND AUDIT OFFICE.

    The Commission of Judges appointed by the Government to enquire into the charges made against the Audit Office system, met for the first time to-day. The ...

    Article : 246 words
  15. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES QUESTION.

    The Governments of the United States and Newfoundland are stated to be drifting into serious disagreement with regard to the interpretation of existing fishery rights. ...

    Article : 273 words
  16. BUCKLAND PARK ESTATE.

    The well-known Buckland Park estate, the property of Mr. F. G. Browne, was offered by public auction at the Town Hall on Wednesday. Mr. Cooper, of Elder, ...

    Article : 437 words
  17. DEATH OF MR. CORNELIUS PROUD.

    The death took place at his residence, Blackwood, on Wednesday morning, of Mr. Cornelius Proud. The deceased was suffering from lung trouble, and had been ...

    Article : 478 words
  18. THE RUTLEDGE ENQUIRY.

    The Select Committee appointed to enquire into and report upon the allegation by the Rev. Woolls Rutledge respecting appointments to the public service, heard ...

    Article : 313 words
  19. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.

    It was unfortunate that the last day of the Christian Endeavor Convention should have been a wet one, but in spite of pouring rain 400 members gathered at 7 a.m., ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. AMERICAN CIVIL SERVICE

    President Roosevelt has given the members of his Cabinet power to remove summarily from office, without a hearing, any Civil servant, who to the personal ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. Advertising

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  22. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The latest quotations for shares in Australian companies are:— Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company 4 per cent, debentures, £102 10/. ...

    Article : 33 words
  23. QUEENSLAND.

    The Minister of Mines has received a letter stating that Engineer-Lieutenant Wheatear, naval coal inspector for Australia and New Zealand will, with the ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. TASMANIA.

    The Mount Bischoff's London cables quote the tin market firm at £149, with the last sales at £148. A BALAKLAVA VETERAN. ...

    Article : 100 words
  25. TASMANIA

    William V. Summers, aged 19 years, whilst cycling down hill in the city to-day was thrown to the ground through his knee striking the handle of the machine. ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Pittar's yacht, Rawhite, which sailed for Sydney yesterday afternoon, was accompanied outside the harbor by a steamer, with the officers of the Royal Yacht ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. Advertising

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  28. A CHICAGO TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

    A new temperance society, "The Daughters of Tonperance," came into existence in August last among the Catholic women of Chicago. It has for its special object the ...

    Article : 41 words
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